End-gate.



m. 15,454 PATENTED MARQ20, 1'906. f

r; M. MILLER. END GATE.

APPLIOATIOK IIL ED JULY 6.1905.

fi D" a 1K 2 t; rim/Qatar: aaww, J= H a??? 3 I companying drawings, in which FRANCIS M. MILLER, F NEUTRAL, KANSAS.

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T0 at whom it Jew/y concern: Be it known that I, FRANoIs M. MILLER, a

, citizen of the United States, residing near against the wagon-bed.

.of a scoop or other means.

shown in Fig. 1, and the two parts Neutral, in the county of Cherokee, in the State of Kansas,have invented an Improvement in End-Gates toWagon-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates toan improvement in end-gates for wagon-beds in the use of which time may be saved and work more easily 'done in discharging the contents of a wagon-bed provided with such improved endate. g The objects of my improvement are,,first, to provide an end-gate for wagon-beds, which end-gate when closed and holding the contents of the wagon-bed can be quickly and easily thrown back to such an angle as will enable the'operator easily to scoop out the grain, mineral, or other material contained in the wagon-bed; second, to provide .an end-gate for wagon-beds, which endgate may be quickly and easily disengaged from the end of the wagon-bed or entirely removed therefrom, sothat the contents of the wagon-bed may be quickly and easily discharged by tilting the same or by the use Thepurposes of my invention are attained through the mechanism illustrated in the ac- Flgure 1- represents the end-gate closed Fig. 2 represents the end-gate tilted'back to enable the operator quickly and easily to scoop out the contents of the wagon-bed. Fig. 3 represents the end-gate entirely disengaged from the i end of the wagon-bed for the still speedier discharge of the contents ofthe same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The'end-gate (designed to be made either of wood or of metal) consists of the two principal parts A and B, held together by means of the hook a, provided with sta les, as A and B are detachable, so that the part B may be taken off with the side-board C of the wagonbed when such side-board is not necessary for containing the contents of the wagon-bed. When the side-boardO is used, the section or art B of the end-gate is made secure thereto by means of the hooks b b, as shown in Fig.1. Part A of the end-gate is provided with the rigid steel or sheet-iron plate E, made fast gpecification of mate mast. Application filed July 6, 1905. Serial No. 268,4 6.

or sheet-iron plate Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig.

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thereto by meansof the'bolts c c and the'rivets d d, as shown in Fig. 2, and the rigid steel E is provided with the hole f,-as shown in Fig. 1., and with the hole 9, as shown in Fig. 2, and the rigid steel or sheet-iron plate E is further provided with a projection of said plate at the bottom thereof, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The wagon bed D is provided with the spring-steel plate F, as shown in Fig. 1, made fast to the wagon-bed D by means of the rivets h h, as shown in Fig. 3, andthe springsteel plate F is provided with the pin i, which projects inwardly, for the purpose of engagingthe holes f "and g in the rigid steel or sheet-iron plate E, thereby holding the rigid steel or sheet-iron plate E in the positions shown in the several views. I

The bottom of part A of the end-gate when in the position shown in Fig. 1 is held in place by means of the projection on the lower edge of the rigid steel or sheet-iron plate E engaging with the pin 1', made fast to and projecting from the wagon-bed D. Y Each side of the wagon-bed D is provided alike with the several means for the Improvement shown in the perspective views of Figs. 2 and3', and each end of the end-gate or part A thereof is provided alike with the rigid steel or sheet-iron plate E.

The curved dotted line on the rigidsteelor sheet-iron plate E is designed merely to show the direction over which the projecting pin 'i passesfrom the hole 9 to rigid steel or sheet-iron plate E in c anging the end gate from the position shown in 2 and is not claimed as a part of this improvement.

The part A of the end-gate, together with the rigid steel or sheet-iron plate E, made fast thereto, as shown, maybe disengaged from the wagon-bed D by pressing out the spring-steel plate F on each side of the wagonbed D until the projecting pin L is disengaged from the hole f in the rigid steel or sheetiron plate E.

. The rod (shown in Fig. 2) maybe disen gaged from the side-boards C, so that the operator when the end-gate isentirely removed from the wagon-bed may have no hindrance in discharging the contents of the wagon-bed. That which I claim as my invention, and upon which I desire to secure Letters Patent, 1si The combination of an end gate with a the hole{ in the wagon-bed, the end-gate being held in place I In testimony whereof I have hereunto when closed, as shown in Fig. 1,by means of signed my name to this specification in the [0 the pin engaged with the projection on the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. lower edge of the rigid, steel or sheet-iron plate FRANCIS M MILLER 5 E, and the engagement of the projectin pint,

of the spring-steel plate F, with the ho e g in Witnesses: the rigid, steel or sheet-iron plate E, substan- S. L. WALKER, tially as shown in Fig. 1-. B. STEVENS; 

